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Lance Cirone reviews How to Win at Rock Paper Scissors: "Repetitive gameplay, doesn't go very far" January 1, 2023 "You are a disgraced high school Rock Paper Scissors champion. It's been a long year, but you are ready to regain your position, with the..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Which Describes How You're Feeling: "Overall decent" January 1, 2023 "The doctor gives you a word, and you have to respond with a rhyme for it. Rack up as many points as you can before time's up to get a..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die: "Pick Up the Game and Be Underwhelmed" January 1, 2023 "Looking back at the game now, it doesn't seem that revolutionary or interesting. It's almost a troll game, if anything. Games like Aisle..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews The Mind Electric: "Think of these thoughts as limitless light" January 1, 2023 "Nuns commence incanting as the lightning strikes your temples thus! Electrifying your chambers wholly, scorching out their sovereignty!..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Indigo: "Short and buggy" January 1, 2023 "Indigo is a game that's really more frustrating than fun. I love the concept, but it's not communicated well, and the game is full of..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens: "Let me tell you, the protagonist just keeps getting better" January 1, 2023 "I've been looking forward to playing this one. It was announced to be released on the 31st if I recall. There is something fun about..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The Thick Table Tavern: "Bartending for profit and dream-chasing, with nice atmosphere" January 1, 2023 "I'm not big on alcohol, in general. I was fortunate to learn quickly that it doesn't work for me, and there were other ways to loosen..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews CHASE THE SUN: "Lyrical mid-apocalyptic road-trip" January 1, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). I was reading Andrew Schultz’s..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Admiration Point: "Don't Make Me Adult!" January 1, 2023 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review This is a deeply adult work, and I don’t mean in the sense of “tee hee nudity and devil worship.” I..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews TOMBs of Reschette: "Tongue in cheek RPG stuff" December 31, 2022 "It's been a while, but the author requested that people not spoil things, if they figured out what was going on in TOMBs. I still won't,..." - See full review

Cena reviews The Chicken's Dilemma: "Poor chicken" December 31, 2022 "I mean, not much to say here. It's basically a one (or two)-room logic puzzle. Appreciated the Postscript."

Cena reviews Down: "Incomplete " December 31, 2022 "'m very conflicted about Down. On the one hand, this is my second KT game (not counting Tetris) and I really like his writing. I like the..." - See full review

A new poll by Malasana, Games to play on New Year's Eve created December 31, 2022 10 votes for 6 games Ideally, Winter/Christmas-themed games.

News on The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens: Actual Release December 31, 2022 The long-awaited sequel to "The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Andersen has been released.

Lance Cirone reviews Threediopolis: "Creative and fun" December 31, 2022 "You're sent into the wide land of Threediopolis. Your new employer, Ed Dunn, has a list of places he wants you to visit so you can..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Very Vile Fairy File: "Deal's done, feels fun" December 31, 2022 "Very Vile Fairy File has you as Kerry Kyle, transported into a strange world consisting of rhyming couplets. The titular Fairy File will..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews More: "I get what it's going for, but..." December 31, 2022 "This game has a nice story, but once you've exhausted it, there just isn't that much to do. The wording on is awkward,..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Best of Three: "Intelligent, elegant, and thoughtful" December 31, 2022 "This is flat-out one of my favorite games of all time. Everything it does just struck all the right chords for me. The dry, sarcastic..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus: "Great writing and characters, horrible bugs" December 31, 2022 "Max Blaster is a game I am extremely divided on. On one hand, I love the written content and the story. Max and Doris are a great duo,..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by Juuves, Civitas December 31, 2022 17 items Cities.

Lance Cirone reviews Lazy Wizard's Guide: "Charming and fun" December 31, 2022 "(Adapted from intfiction.org post) Lenard Gunda’s Lazy Wizard's Guide was one of the first IFComp entries I played this year; the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Thanatophobia: "ELIZA with higher stakes" December 31, 2022 "Every year I have one author I didn't know with whom I trade a flurry of testing emails. It's exciting. I learn a lot. I wish I'd have..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews [IFComp 22 - Beta] Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency: "A chaotically inventive work-in-progress" December 31, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). I've mentioned in other reviews..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Lazy Wizard's Guide: "Welcome to Notwarts" December 31, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review Old School Parser IF, like yr momma used to make! The setup is fun: a lazy wizard student trying to fake..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Good Grub!: "Low-level, self-aware heckling is the best kind of heckling" December 30, 2022 "Good Grub embraces its limitations as a no-frills Twine game enthusiastically, and I think it does so without going overboard. Teaching..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Cheese Thief: "Cheese is secondary, actually" December 30, 2022 "You are Sebastian, a rat whose baby sister, Wendy, is sick. Resources are limited. Your father is dead. It’s just you and Gurdy, an old..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Counterfeit Monkey: "Peak Fiction" December 30, 2022 "If you have any doubt, stop reading these reviews and play the game. There is so much to do in Counterfeit Monkey. I've played it three..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for December 2022 December 30, 2022 7 items On Friday, December 30, 2022, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even...

MathBrush reviews The Usher Foundation X: The Stranger: "Short, sad trans horror game with some overall world-building" December 30, 2022 "This is the tenth game in the Usher Foundation series, in which each game is centered on one of the primal fear archetypes of the Magnus..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Usher Foundation IX: The Corruption: "Short, horrifying insect/trypophobia twine game" December 30, 2022 "This is the 9th game in the series of games based on the archetypal fears found in the Magnus Archives Podcast. This one focuses on the..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews The Last Christmas Present: "A well-done holiday treasure hunt for (cliche) the kid in us" December 30, 2022 "(Trivia: with how I scheduled embargoed reviews, the original ETA was December 24, or 6 PM December 23 Central. I got behind, and not..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Nose Bleed: "Hell is other people (and a bloody nose)" December 30, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). I feel like I’ve seen enough..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews No One Else Is Doing This: "Best Futility Simulator Ever" December 30, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review There is no real graphical flourish to this work, little interactivity, and the few puzzles you need to..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Dream Pieces: "Build letters into words, with optional rhymes" December 29, 2022 "I tested Dream Pieces for IFComp 2013 and remembered enjoying it, so I pulled it out again. It wasn't a hugely complex game, but it has a..." - See full review

A new listing for The Passenger, by Jime Rolón

StarterBA reviews Black Knife Dungeon: "Small but strong" December 29, 2022 "I played Black Knife Dungeon with a Windows Git interpreter. I have yet to finish the game yet, still, BKD seems to be easier on..." - See full review

viv reviews Counterfeit Monkey: "got me hooked on IFs" December 29, 2022 "this was my first ever IF, and tbh nothing has matched it since. Incredibly creative, amazing gameplay, I don't know if I would've..." - See full review

A new listing for Silk Dust, by Davide Bucci

A new listing for Dream Walker, by Gareth Pitchford

A new listing for Pesky Kids!, by Gareth Pitchford

Andrew Schultz reviews Approaching Horde!: "Efficient real-time resource management and humor, too" December 29, 2022 "Me and all caps don't get along so good all the time. Well, almost none of the time, to be honest, if I'm not the one typing 'em. And..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Witchfinders: "Engaging enough, but a bit too straightforward maybe?" December 29, 2022 "In Witchfinders, you play as a potentially suspected witch who wants to help people with their problems back in 1800: sick cattle, a..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews One Way Ticket: "An interactive art-film, unique but draggy" December 29, 2022 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). There’s just something about..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Let Them Eat Cake: "Bend and Snap Bakery" December 29, 2022 "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review Students of comedy and interested rubber-neckers like me are aware of a joke comedians tell each other..." - See full review

A new listing for Colour Beyond Time, by Jamie Bradbury

A new listing for The Legacy of Markham Island, by Edward P. Toovey

A new listing for Donum (Spanish version), by BITFANS and F3M0 and Mr. Rancio

A new listing for Mad Monk, by A. Knight

A new listing for Galactic Hitchhiker, by A. Knight

Andrew Schultz reviews Am I My Brother's Keeper?: "Terse, compact game about helping (or failing to) a troubled sibling" December 28, 2022 "AIMBK is a relatively short Texture entry that seems a bit too linear to take full advantage of the medium. Nonetheless, the dynamic..." - See full review

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